Table 12.--Consumption of iron ore and agglomerates at U.S. iron and steel plants, by type of product (Thousand metric tons) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blast furnaces Steelmaking furnaces ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------- Iron ore Iron ore Year and Agglomerates Total and Agglomerates Total Grand concentrates ironmaking1/ concentrates steelmaking total1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1965 45,212 81,343 126,555 6,081 901 6,982 133,537 1966 40,391 89,108 129,499 5,036 996 6,031 135,530 1967 35,407 89,202 124,609 3,766 621 4,387 128,995 1968 33,713 95,602 129,315 3,507 569 4,076 133,392 1969 35,410 103,134 138,544 2,759 715 3,474 142,018 1970 31,590 102,129 133,719 2,377 645 3,022 136,741 1971 22,442 93,146 115,589 1,336 556 1,892 117,480 1972 21,534 105,335 126,869 961 537 1,499 128,367 1973 29,646 116,881 146,527 1,306 815 2,120 148,648 1974 27,679 110,288 137,967 1,160 521 1,682 139,649 1975 17,820 96,168 113,988 550 674 1,223 115,212 1976 15,043 110,190 125,233 597 707 1,305 126,537 1977 14,281 102,058 116,338 439 203 642 116,981 1978 12,300 112,488 124,788 587 472 1,060 125,847 1979 9,259 116,026 125,286 436 705 1,141 126,427 1980 6,131 92,487 98,618 262 435 697 99,315 1981 3,572 100,337 103,909 212 518 731 104,639 1982 4,256 59,295 63,552 226 80 306 63,858 1983 3,938 66,782 70,720 96 98 193 70,914 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/Data may not add to totals because of independent rounding. Source: American Iron Steel Institute.